Re: [Wikimania-l] Fwd: Wikimania Scholarship

I think you put your finger on a key point here. We have a large community of “totally deserving people” but mostly get little/no recognition of their contribution. Most organisations that rely on volunteers have a range of ways to recognising their efforts. In the world of WMF, other

Re: [Wikimania-l] Video recording of Wikimania sessions

As someone who has never attended a Wikimania but would like to, I don’t think videos are the solution. As someone who has organised conferences and had this issue of videoing come up, again I don’t think videos are the solution. Folks who can’t attend events for whatever reason do ask for

Re: [Wikimania-l] Video recording of Wikimania sessions

Now that’s a good idea! The possible problem is that the criteria for awarding scholarships does not necessarily mean any particular competency in video recording (I’m guessing journalism students might be a bit more capable in this area) but it’s worth a try. And why limit it to

Re: [Wikimania-l] Mini edit-a-thon and Wikidata matching at Wikimania

ere? :) > > Lodewijk > >> On Thu, Aug 10, 2017 at 8:57 PM, Kerry Raymond <kerry.raym...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> When? >> >> Sent from my iPad >> >>> On 10 Aug 2017, at 10:52 am, André Costa <andre.co...@wikimedia.se> wrote: &g

Re: [Wikimania-l] Mini edit-a-thon and Wikidata matching at Wikimania

I am on level 4 now. Sent from my iPad > On 11 Aug 2017, at 7:36 am, Lodewijk <lodew...@effeietsanders.org> wrote: > > Hey Kerry, > > would be great! I'm headed down for breakfast in a few minutes, hopefully we > can meet there? :) > > Lodewijk > >>

Re: [Wikimania-l] Mini edit-a-thon and Wikidata matching at Wikimania

or breakfast in a few minutes, hopefully we > can meet there? :) > > Lodewijk > >> On Thu, Aug 10, 2017 at 8:57 PM, Kerry Raymond <kerry.raym...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> When? >> >> Sent from my iPad >> >>> On 10 Aug 2017, at 10:52 am, And

Re: [Wikimania-l] Mini edit-a-thon and Wikidata matching at Wikimania

When? Sent from my iPad > On 10 Aug 2017, at 10:52 am, André Costa wrote: > > For any of you who are attending Wikimania this year and already here on > Thursday please consider joining us for our mini cultural heritage > edit-a-thon and Wikidata matching workshop!

Re: [Wikimania-l] Sim card in Canada

FWIW, I used GigSky last year when travelling for about 5 weeks in Canada and USA. They seemed to offer better deals that some of the traditional telcos did and I found their speed and coverage quite satisfactory. I am planning to use GigSky again on this visit. Of course you get a better deal

Re: [Wikimania-l] Visa rejections

So an organisation P in country Q writes a letter of support to country R to grant a visa to person S from country T on the basis that organization P thinks that person S is actually the pseudonymous user U? I am not surprised immigration officials don't find this an entirely compelling reason

Re: [Wikimania-l] Granting Scholarship to same persons every year

This observation has been made by a few people (some of them involved in the scholarship decision-making process) is that past recipients often continue to out-perform others in terms of the criteria in subsequent years. What hasn’t been commented on is why this is so? If we believe that an

[Wikimania-l] Lack of clarity around the arrangements for "Decolonizing the Internet conference"

On 26 May, information was added to the conference website https://wikimania2018.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania about a pre-event (18-19 July) called "Decolonizing the Internet conference". The link provided https://whoseknowledge.org/decolonizing-the-internet-conference/ talks

Re: [Wikimania-l] Raining in Cape Town

Here are the options https://www.tablemountain.net/content/page/getting-here Sent from my iPad > On 14 Jul 2018, at 8:21 pm, Andy Mabbett wrote: > > How did you get to Table Mountain from the city centre? > > -- > Andy Mabbett > @pigsonthewing > http://pigsonthewing.org.uk > >> On Sat, 14

[Wikimania-l] Cable car, Was: Raining in Cape Town

Yes, the cable car is closed for annual maintenance from Mon 23 July to 5 August, so do not delay your visit until after Wikimania. https://www.tablemountain.net/blog/entry/cableway-announces-2018-annual-maintenance-dates Kerry Sent from my iPad > On 14 Jul 2018, at 9:55 pm, Romaine Wiki

Re: [Wikimania-l] Suggestion on details in scholarship emails

Perhaps I am missing something in this conversation. The conference website clearly states what is funded by a scholarship (round trip travel, accommodation, registration): https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/Scholarships#Scholarship_details The accommodation and registration costs will

Re: [Wikimania-l] Wikimania 2019 Early Bird Registration is Now Open!

Well, as someone who has worked at a number of universities and organised events at others, I am well aware that many universities are short of cash and expect to be paid by others to use their facilities so I would not assume that being “on campus” is a free or low-cost venue for Wikimania. A

Re: [Wikimania-l] Wikimania 2019 Early Bird Registration is Now Open!

Indeed! It is Euro-centric thinking. If I booked a flight today to come to Wikimania, it would cost me AUD 2218 (USD 1539). If you look at the whole-of-event cost (that is, not worrying about who is paying for any particular component), then for an international event, the flights costs are

[Wikimania-l] Re: Wikimania-l Digest, timVol 176, Issue 1

I too would prefer Wikimania to be an in-person event rather an online event, but I agree that Wikimania 2022 needs to be online. As well as all the good reasons Risker mentions, there is the simple reality that even double-vaccinated people can both catch and transmit COVID. To come together